Lutheran Episcopal Ministry at MIT

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We gather for worship and conversation every Wednesday @5:15pm in the MIT Chapel. After worship we eat dinner together, usually a home cooked meal served in the dining room in W11. For more information, contact the Rev. Andrew Heisen. (See contact information below.)

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THREE events this week!

The semester is continuing apace. And LEM continues to mark the time with worship and fellowship. We will have our Eucharist service at 5:15 on Wednesday in the Main Dining Room of W11. Following that, we’ll share a delicious meal in the Community Room across the hall from the Main Dining Room. If the semester is starting to make you stressed, remember that you don’t have to plan dinner if you join us around 6:30. Just show up and eat.

There are not one, but TWO exciting things happening featuring LEM members that we know and care about.

Tomorrow night, our Lutheran Chaplain, Kari Jo, will articulate the mainline Protestant position as she discusses Christianity and movements for social change. The panel, which also includes the Catholic, Mormon, and Vineyard chaplains, is part of a get-to-know-the-chaplains series hosted by the Addir Fellows. The panel discussion is open to everyone, not just Addir Fellows. The Addir Fellows have a dinner beforehand, but there may be some leftovers to scavenge, if you’re into that kind of thing.

On Friday night (not Saturday, as I said in the e-mail last week), we will go watch Christina steal the show in Legally Blonde. (Christina may not yet realize that she is going to steal the show, but she’ll find a way.) If you didn’t get the invitation on Facebook, you need to join our group!

Support Our Ministry

We are grateful for the support of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts and the New England Synod of the ELCA. We also rely on alumni and friends for a great deal of our funding. Do you want to help provide spiritual formation, a strong community, and healthy meals to students at MIT?

Yes! I want to make a contribution to the Lutheran Chaplaincy at MIT.

Yes! I want to make a contribution to the Episcopal Chaplaincy at MIT.

Lutheran Chaplin

Rev. Andrew C. Heisen
617-999-9796
heisen@mit.edu

Pastor Andrew Heisen (he/him) has been serving as the Lutheran (ELCA) chaplain at MIT since 2019. He grew up in New York and New England, spending six summers working on staff at Calumet Lutheran Camp in Ossippee, NH. He attended Dartmouth College, graduating with degrees in music composition and computer sciennce. This led to four years of working in Johnson & Johnson’s IT “Advanced Technology Research” division and two years as a bartender before attending the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia and then Andover Newton Theological School, from which he received a Master’s Degree in Divinity. Before becoming a chaplain at MIT, Pastor Heisen served for seven years as pastor in Shrewsbury, MA, where he now lives with his wife and two children. His interests include ecumenical and interfaith cooperation, creativity in fostering communities of faith, teaching, spiritual discernment, music, and social justice.

Episcopal Chaplain

Rev. Kevin Vetiac
kvet246@mit.edu

Kevin Vetiac (he/they) is a Boston native with years of ministerial and higher education experience. Kevin graduated from the Boston University School of Theology with a Master of Divinity degree. Recently ordained a transitional deacon in the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, Kevin has a big heart for ecumenical ministry and college chaplaincy. Kevin also has a deep love for music and served as the Music Director of The Crossing at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Downtown Boston for six years. Kevin also served as the Cathedral Administrator for three years. Kevin is thrilled to join the Lutheran Episcopal Ministry at MIT and looks forward to continuing the work of creating inclusive and liberating Christian spaces for college students.